Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Hastings Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
7,882 approved · 1,164 refused · 666 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 24 Apr 2013 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Shop and Premises LHS, Lacuna Place, Havelock Road, Hastings, TN34 1BP
Received 12 Aug 201942 Gillsmans Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SW
Received 15 Aug 201911 Belvedere Park, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0WE
Received 15 Aug 2019Cavendish House, Warrior Square, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6BJ
Received 15 Aug 2019103 Bohemia Road & 30 Salisbury Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 6RX
Received 15 Aug 20193 Shepherd Street, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0ET
Received 15 Aug 2019Basement Flat, 14A Cornwallis Terrace, Hastings, TN34 1EB
Received 13 Aug 201994 Gillsmans Hill, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0SL
Received 14 Aug 2019137 Hughenden Road, Hastings, TN34 3TF
Received 13 Aug 2019St Clements Church Hall, 2 Croft Road, Hastings, TN34 3HJ
Received 13 Aug 201916 Hillyglen Close, Hastings, TN34 1XU
Received 15 Aug 201910 Pelham Crescent, Hastings, TN34 3AF
Received 16 Aug 201919 Towerscroft Avenue, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7JE
Received 16 Aug 2019Land at Ore Place & Centurion Rise,Hastings, TN34 2LR
Received 16 Aug 201968 Canute Road, Hastings, TN35 5HT
Received 16 Aug 2019Mill Farm, Mill Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DP
Received 19 Aug 20194 Park Lodge Court, Kenilworth Road, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 0JQ
Received 19 Aug 2019Joe White Television, 51-53 Sedlescombe Road North, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7DA
Received 20 Aug 201970 Park View, Hastings, TN34 2HF
Received 20 Aug 201983 St Helens Park Road, Hastings, TN34 2JW
Received 21 Aug 2019Fishponds View, Barley Lane, Hastings, TN35 5DU
Received 21 Aug 20193 Bowsprit Mews, St Leonards-on-sea, TN38 8ER
Received 22 Aug 201955 Grange Road, Hastings, TN34 2QP
Received 23 Aug 201911 Beauport Gardens, St Leonards-on-sea, TN37 7PQ
Received 23 Aug 2019Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Hastings Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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